Transcriber’s Note:
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To make a bird appear as dead.
Marks fec.
A curious trick with a cup of tea.
HOLIDAY FROLICS;
OR,
ENDLESS AMUSEMENT
FOR THE CHRISTMAS FIRESIDE.
CONTAINING,
The most Astonishing Feats of Legerdemain,
AND
ASTOUNDING CONJURINGS;
Entertaining Experiments
IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF SCIENCE;
TRICKS with CARDS & DICE.
ART OF MAKING
FIREWORKS;
TOGETHER WITH AN EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF
Puzzles, Conundrums, Riddles, Charades, &c. &c.
The whole admirably calculated to beguile the leisure hours of our Holiday Friends.
Embellished with a Copper-plate Engraving.
London:
W. Strange, 21, Paternoster Row; G. Purkess, 61,
Wardour Street; and J. Clements, 17,